Absolute Live Productions

Absolute Live Productions — Video, Sound & Streaming

Absolute Live Productions is a live production company specializing in remote, on location, multi-camera,  events, concerts, fights, conferences, political debates, red carpets etc.  We utilize state of the art equipment packages to bring the viewer a professional quality broadcast or stream, while keeping the price point attractive to our client base.  In the past year Absolute Live Productions has either produced or been involved in the following projects:

Red Carpet Emmy awards 2011

Red Carpet Academy Awards 2012

Red Carpet Sag Awards 2012

Red Carpet Peoples Choice awards 2012

Red Carpet Critics Choice awards 2012

Guard A Heart Foundation Fund Raiser – 2012

Society of Camera Operators Awards Dinner

Rock the Red Kettle (Salvation Army) @ Universal 2011 with host Mario Lopez of Extra, featuring  a mix of today’s top young stars, including Honor Society, Colbie Caillat, Cody Simpson, Greyson Chance, Drake Bell and Hanson, along with other special surprise guests. United Rockers 4U  (Red Cross) @ Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood – Featuring Eddie Money, Bobby Kimball (Toto), Jimi Jamison (Survivor), Don Dokken (Dokken), Terry Ilous (Great White/XYZ), Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy Osbourne/Quiet Riot/Whitesnake), Robin McAuley (McAuley Schenker Group/Survivor), Phil Lewis (LA Guns), Richie Kotzen (Poison/Mr. Big), Paul Shortino (Rough Cutt/Quiet Riot), Brian Tichy (Whitesnake/Foreigner/Billy Idol), Jeff Paris (hit songwriter for Mr. Big, Vixen, Lita Ford), Robert Sarzo (Hurricane) and session player Michael Thompson (MTB)

Lollapaloza 2011 Fender After-Party Chicago Hard Rock Hotel ( Bands) 2011  Maps & Atlases, Phantogram

Club Nokia Los Angeles 2011 Muay Thai Championship Us vs Thailand 2011

4 City Tour of  “Braco”  (Conduit of Energy Healer) 2011

Malibu Country Club Film Industry Award Ceremony  2011

New Product Discussion Panel for Film Industry Manufacturer 2011

Professional MMA Fight Live from the New Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas 2011

Pac 12 Media Day live from Fox Studios 2011

Henson Feature Film Project Live to Hard Drive 2011

Major Hollywood Film release event at the Beverly Hills Hotel 2011

Political Talk Show Live from Santa Monica Studio 2011

Medical Talk Show Live from Santa Monica Studio 2011

Automobile Trade Show Las Vegas 2011

New Car Release  private stream  for employees and dealers live from Paramount Studios 2011

If you would like to get more specific information about any of our past credits or would like to discuss an up coming event, please do not hesitate to call.   Dave @ 310 560 2373.  dave.absolute@gmail.com

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Wikipedia – Production  Truck

Wikipedia definition of “Production Truck” is as follows, “ Television Production trucks were developed to take television studios on the road so video productions could be made at distant locations for a remote broadcast, outside broadcasting (OB), electronic field production (EFP) with multiple-camera setup and a support of a number of different technologies to bring everything together. Each production varies, some require a crew of about 12-16 to make sure the production goes smoothly. There are usually one or two other trucks following the main production truck with some of the equipment not able to fit in the main truck, as well as an uplink truck required to transmit the video across the world. ”

Now while this information is still accurate in many cases, Technology has shifted the paradigm to meet the demands of internet or small footprint production delivery requirement.  This new method of working is typically exemplified by having a much smaller crew and a remarkably reduced price point for the client.  In the end the viewer experience is often unchanged from that of a large format truck production.  So in this next paragraph we will attempt to give a first look at the new wikipedia description of ” The Truckless Production Truck”

Truckless Production Truck (TPT)

 Truckless Production trucks were developed to take television studios on the road to places that could not be reached by a truck.  In the early days of TPT,  the production companies would rely on  many individually racked equipment fly packs that would then be wired together through massive cable looms. They would design these systems that would still require the use of  massive delivery systems and detailed integrated logistics to coordinate the multitude of components required to design a mobile truck solution.   Although these systems were very effective for their time, they still presented the client with an expensive alternative to productions with ever shrinking budgets.

Although the world of live internet streaming began a number of years  before 2010, it was really in the early months of that year that we truly saw the world of live production change for ever.  This happened for a number of reasons. For one, Newtek’s Tricaster had emerged on the scene, bringing with it an extremely robust yet affordable solution to bringing multi camera video productions to an ever increasing client base.  When Newtek released their flagship product, the TriCaster 850, everything changed.  With 8 HD discrete camera inputs and the ability to get five digital media players and  to have  two DDRs, titles bin, stills store, and a sound player,  productions could now bring the production studio onto an airplane.

Companies like Absolute Rentals and Absolute Live Productions soon saw the advantage of offering a global solution to the ever increasing need to stream live content on the internet.  Absolute Live Productions built an integrated workflow that allowed them to travel to remote locations utilizing an equipment package that would travel with the crew on their flight.  This allows them the ability to keep costs at a minimum and still deliver a high quality professional product.  They use tools such as the Newtek 3 play which gives them the opportunity to use multi camera slow-motion for MMA fights, professional & amateur football and any other sporting event that wants to slow down the action for a closer look.  They have  also incorporated the Teradek Cube & Bond to bring live HD remote wireless cameras to an event when connecting a cable is simply not practical.

The crew at Absolute Live Productions feels that although there will always be a place for large production trucks and video fly packs, it is the smaller, but extremely effective live streaming packages that ALP will continue to bring to their client base.

To get more information about what Absolute Live Productions or Absolute Rentals could do for your production, Please call, Dave Rosen @ 310 560 2373

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 After party @ the Hard Rock Hotel